Our lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens; not what life brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude can cause a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events and outcomes. It is a catalyst ……. a spark that will create extraordinary results.

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The best things in life are ……. simply things.

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To live in hearts we leave behind
Is not to die.

**************************************Albert Schweitzer once said ~ “Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light.”

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It takes a minute to like someone, and hour to love someone, but to forget someone takes a life time.

LOTS OF FAVORITE QUOTES, added 6/10/2011

“Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.” ~ Saint Augustine

“Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.”

“A friend hears the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails”.—Anonymous

“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.” ~ Cicero

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~Berthold Auerbach

“No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.” Francois Muriac

“You cannot do a kindness too soon, because you never know how soon it will be too late” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Though miles may lie between us, we’re never far apart, for friendship doesn’t count the miles, it’s measured by the heart.” ~ Anon

“We have two lives, the one we learn with and the life we live after that.” ~ Bernard Malamud

“Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark.” ~George Iles

“Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people’s souls.” ~ Melody Beattie

“I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.” ~ R. Brault

“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” ~ Jeremy Irons

“An angel is someone who helps you believe in miracles again. And that is a friend, lover, child.” — Author Unknown

“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.”

“Of all the earthly music, that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beating of a truly loving heart.” -Henry Ward Beecher

“The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation.” ~ Peter Marshall

“No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever”….Francois Mocuriac.

“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.” ~ Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

“If you’re alone, I’ll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I’ll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I’ll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I’ll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I’ll just be me.” ~ Author Unknown

“Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember.”~Seneca the Younger

“A Happy Heart Makes its own Song” ~ Unknown

“It is better in prayer to have a heart without words then words without a heart”

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” ~ Winston Churchill

“Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero’s heart.”

“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”

“Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.”

“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

“A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.”

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.”

“A hero is a man who does what he can.”

“The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.”

“If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.”

“One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a human.”

“To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.”

“Now is not a time for sadness and despair, but a time for hero’s, champions, an grate deeds”

“One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.”

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1st Amendment

1st Amendment ~ Please note that this is a personal journalist effort by a heart transplant patient. Any reference to volunteering, other patients, medical practioners, family members, physical places or locations will be based on composites of of real and fictional people and may be antedotal in nature.

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